Growth status of homeless Nepali boys: Do they differ from rural and urban controls?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 441-451

  Panter Brick, C ^a   Todd, A ^a   Baker, R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth; Health; Nutrition; Rural urban migration; Socio economic status; Street children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NEPAL; NORMAL HUMAN; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; STREET CHILDREN;

NEPAL;

EID: 0030201502     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00410-6     Document Type: Article

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